Body Acne: Mapping Acne On Your Body

Most people with facial acne have some amount of body acne as well, and the acne on the back even has a special name, bacne. Body acne develops in a similar way to facial acne, but likely thicker than that on the face and often has larger pores. In addition, same as facial acne, mapping where you have acne on your body can also tell you why you are breaking out, whether the pimples are on your chest, arms, legs or even your butt!

Before you start to map the acne on your body, you should know that acne can develop anywhere on the body except for the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet. That is because these are the only two areas which do not have sebaceous follicles (sebaceous gland) where acne is formed.

As with any type of acne, the exact cause of body acne remains unknown. But luckily, compare with facial acne, body acne is more likely caused by external reasons than the internal ones (such as hormones). So, body acne is easier to be healed by applying external methods. Read the following body areas to learn why body acne break outon certain places of your body and what you can do to fight with them.